Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rosa × alba L. [Rosaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bahupatrika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhringavallabha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhringeshtha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bili gulaabi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
charukesara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandhadhya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulaabi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulseoti	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
karnika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempu gulaabi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullusevantige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ramtaruni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rosa	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
rosa blanca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
rose	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
rose absolute	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rose oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018-2019) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
rosier blanc	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
saha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sevanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sevati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sewti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shatapatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shevanthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shevathi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shivavallabha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sudala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sweet gulab	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taruni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellairoca	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ward (gulab)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
weiße rose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
white rose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
white-rose-of-york	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
zar-e-ward	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flower	volatile oil distilled from fresh flowers	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Entire plant, Flowers, Fruits, Roots		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
flowers	fresh flowers	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018-2019)
flower	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008)
flower	oil	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
Flower		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
flower	volatile oil distilled from fresh flowers	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 64 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Crepinia × collina (Jacq.) Gand. Tab. Rhodo. Eur.: n.° 2725 (1881).
Rosa canina subsp. collina (Jacq.) Fr. Novit. Fl. Svec. 6(2): 102 (1823).
Rosa canina collina (Jacq.) Fr. Novit. Fl. Svec. 6: 102 (1823), nom. illeg.
Rosa canina var. collina (Jacq.) Ser. Mél. Bot. 1: 40 (1818), nom. illeg.
Rosa canina var. hortensis Griess. Kleine Bot. Schr.: 251 (1836).
Rosa gallica var. incarnata (Mill.) Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 4: 1552 (1902).
Rosa gallica proles incarnata (Mill.) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 6: 255 (1900).
Rosa × alba var. campaniformis Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 622 (1825).
Rosa × alba coelestris A.Dupont ex Thory in P.J.Redouté & C.A.Thory, Roses 1: 98 (1818).
Rosa × alba corymbosa Thory in P.J.Redouté & C.A.Thory, Roses 1: 98 (1818).
Rosa × alba var. cymbifolia (Redouté & Thory) Heinr.Braun in G.Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2(1): 802 (1892).
Rosa × alba cymbifolia Thory in P.J.Redouté & C.A.Thory, Roses 1: 98 (1818).
Rosa × alba var. florepleno Andrews Roses 1: t. 12 (1810), not validly publ.
Rosa × alba foliacea Thory in P.J.Redouté & C.A.Thory, Roses 3: 17 (1821).
Rosa × alba var. incarnata (Mill.) Weston Bot. Univ. 1: 247 (1770).
Rosa × alba inermis A.Dupont ex Thory in P.J.Redouté & C.A.Thory, Roses 1: 98 (1818).
Rosa × alba var. leeana Sweet Fl. Guide: n.° 152 (1832).
Rosa × alba var. multiplex Ser. Mél. Bot. 1: 35 (1818).
Rosa × alba plena Rössig Rosen: t. 23 (1802).
Rosa × alba regalis Thory in P.J.Redouté & C.A.Thory, Roses 1: 97 (1818).
Rosa × alba var. rubicunda Rössig Rosen: t. 23 (1802).
Rosa × alba semiduplex Andrews Roses 1: t. 11 (1810).
Rosa × alba semiplena Thory in P.J.Redouté & C.A.Thory, Roses 1: 117 (1818).
Rosa × alba var. semiplena Ser. Mél. Bot. 1: 36 (1818).
Rosa × alba var. suaveolens (Dieck) Rehder Man. Cult. Trees: 437 (1927).
Rosa × alba f. suaveolens Dieck Gartenflora 38: 128 (1889).
Rosa × alba var. tenuisepala Heinr.Braun in G.Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2(1): 802 (1892).
Rosa × alba var. typica Heinr.Braun in G.Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2(1): 802 (1892), not validly publ.
Rosa × alba var. vulgaris Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 622 (1825).
Rosa × andegavensis collina (Jacq.) Ducommun Taschenb. Schweiz. Bot.: 222 (1869).
Rosa × boreykiana Déségl. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 15: 395 (1876).
Rosa × christii Wiesb. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 29: 146 (1879).
Rosa × collina Jacq. Fl. Austriac. 2: 58 (1774).
Rosa × collina subsp. alba (L.) Čelak. Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 3: 618 (1875).
Rosa × collina var. archetypa Dumort. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 6: 55 (1867).
Rosa × collina var. boreykiana (Besser) Heinr.Braun in G.Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2(1): 803 (1892).
Rosa × collina var. catarractarum (Borbás) Heinr.Braun in G.Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2(1): 803 (1892).
Rosa × collina f. catarractarum Borbás Math. Term. Közlem. 16: 394 (1880 publ. 1881).
Rosa × collina var. christii (Wiesb.) Heinr.Braun in G.Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2(1): 802 (1892).
Rosa × collina var. clusiana Heinr.Braun in G.Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2(1): 802 (1892).
Rosa × collina var. constricta Guépin Fl. Maine et Loire: 358 (1845).
Rosa × collina f. denticulata Borbás Math. Term. Közlem. 16: 395 (1880 publ. 1881).
Rosa × collina var. foetida Thory Prodr. Monogr. Rosier: 72 (1820).
Rosa × collina var. hierosolymitana Ker.-Nagy Tört. Magyarorsz. Rózsák Kismonográf.: 347 (2012), contrary to Art.41.2 ICN (2018).
Rosa × collina var. leucographa J.B.Keller in E.von Halácsy & H.Braun, Nachtr. Fl. Nieder-Oesterr.: 263 (1882).
Rosa × collina var. lloydii (Déségl.) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 6: 268 (1900).
Rosa × collina var. megalantha (Borbás & Wiesb.) Heinr.Braun in G.Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2(1): 803 (1892).
Rosa × collina f. megalantha Borbás & Wiesb. Math. Term. Közlem. 16: 394 (1880 publ. 1881).
Rosa × collina monsoniana Thory in P.J.Redouté & C.A.Thory, Roses 3: 67 (1823).
Rosa × collina var. mygindiana Heinr.Braun Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 38: 522 (1888).
Rosa × collina f. oberbergensis (Hanausek) Heinr.Braun in G.Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2(1): 803 (1892).
Rosa × collina f. oberbergensis Hanausek Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 1: 170 (1883).
Rosa × collina var. ornata Heinr.Braun Pl. Crnag. Raspr. Spraw. Wydz. Mat. Przyr. Ak. Krak.: 108 (1888).
Rosa × collina var. pallescens Woods Trans. Linn. Soc., Bot. 12: 219 (1818).
Rosa × collina var. persimilis (Gand.) Heinr.Braun in G.Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2(1): 803 (1892).
Rosa × collina subsp. saxatilis (Steven ex M.Bieb.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 235 (1878).
Rosa × collina var. sylvestris (Rchb.) Dumort. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 6: 56 (1867).
Rosa × collina var. typica Heinr.Braun in G.Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2(1): 802 (1892).
Rosa × collina var. vineticola Heinr.Braun in G.Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2(1): 803 (1892).
Rosa × dumetorum f. catarractarum (Borbás) Borza Consp. Fl. Rom.: 151 (1947).
Rosa × dumetorum f. collina (Jacq.) Borza Consp. Fl. Rom.: 157 (1947).
Rosa × dumetorum var. collina (Jacq.) Chevall. Fl. Gén. Env. Paris 2: 692 (1827).
Rosa × incarnata Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8.: Rosa n.° 19 (1768).
Rosa × lloydii Déségl. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 15: 391 (1876).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rosa alba	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Rosa alba L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018-2019) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Rosa alba Linne	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
Rosa x alba L.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Rosa x alba L. (pro Sp.)	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Rosa ×alba L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)

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